Isn't it cruel of my aunt not to let my old nurse live in the same house with me ?" At that moment, a message arrived from one of the persons of whom she was speaking.

Mrs.Gallilee wished to see Miss Carmina immediately.
"My dear," said Miss Minerva, when the servant had withdrawn, "why do you tremble so ?" "There's something in me, Frances, that shudders at my aunt, ever since--" She stopped.
Miss Minerva understood that sudden pause--the undesigned allusion to Carmina's guiltless knowledge of her feeling towards Ovid.

By unexpressed consent, on either side, they still preserved their former relations as if Mrs.Gallilee had not spoken.

Miss Minerva looked at Carmina sadly and kindly.

"Good-bye for the present!" she said--and went upstairs again to the schoolroom.
In the hall, Carmina found the servant waiting for her.